It's great stuff - cheap, long lasting, almost transparent, easy to install and can be bent round corners or over to make arches and is easy to cut to size for other structures. You'll need a decent pair of bolt cutters to cut off sharp ends beyond the grid and sturdy posts.
I had it in my last garden and have plans to use it in this new garden for screening views, supporting climbers, permanent bean supports, a pergola..............
Yours looks very good GL1.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Really like the idea of using a structure with some 3D element if you have the space, cracking structure gardeninglilly1. I tried a floating trellis but painted black with the idea to put white climbers (roses, clematis and sweet peas) to create a contrast and divert the eye from the neighbours shed. They will be in flower any time now. But the busy overall design also helps screen the shed. https://catsandapenninegarden.blogspot.com/
All I can add is that, although they may be ugly they are silent. They could have been trampolines. They could have been hot tubs. They could have been industrial sized barbecue units. They could have been any number of noisy or smelly things.
Count your blessings at least.🙂
My neighbour has built a monstrous summer house right up against the sunny side of my greenhouse with an extra canopy over the hot tub and bbq area that shades my veg beds. The hot tub hums and beeps constantly while emitting a waft of chlorine and he sits in it watching the football on a big TV in the summer house with the volume turned up.
but they're nice people and I'm glad they're enjoying the garden. The noise actually brings a nice community atmosphere to the garden once you get used to it. The shade from the summer house has been quite useful in this weather too. I've rearranged my garden so we sit on the opposite side away from them so we both get privacy if we need it so it all works fine.
I think you can use your own landscaping to draw the eye rather than block out views. If your garden is beautiful people look at that rather than focus on what is beyond your boundaries.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Thanks all! Some great advice! I think the fact that they’re not nice people gets to me more. The guy put his old shed roof riddled with aesbethos in our skip! And moved our chicken wire fence behind our hedge to change the boundary. So I think it does get to me more and agree with your comment Wild edges about making my garden more of a focal point. It’s the view from our bedroom window which is the ugliest!
thanks again for all your tips, I particularly liked the idea of building a trellis or pergola but was conscious of adding a fast growing climber which would eventually go on their shed roof. The less interaction with them the better!
So we opted for 3 pleached red robins, with a 150 x 150 frame on a 150cm clear stem. It’s also left room at the end for something else, I’m thinking a multi stem birch or pear. Something pretty to frame our patio. When it’s done I’ll post pics!
Then its on to the other side of the garden to balance it out. I didn’t want to loose too much grass as I do have one child, with another on the way. So I’ve started off with some star jasmine, an evergreen clematis and a couple of climbing hydrangeas. The garden will still feel unbalanced with the high trees and shrubs on the other side but im hoping the fact that it’s not a bear fence will make a big difference.
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I had it in my last garden and have plans to use it in this new garden for screening views, supporting climbers, permanent bean supports, a pergola..............
Yours looks very good GL1.
thanks again for all your tips, I particularly liked the idea of building a trellis or pergola but was conscious of adding a fast growing climber which would eventually go on their shed roof. The less interaction with them the better!
So we opted for 3 pleached red robins, with a 150 x 150 frame on a 150cm clear stem. It’s also left room at the end for something else, I’m thinking a multi stem birch or pear. Something pretty to frame our patio. When it’s done I’ll post pics!
Then its on to the other side of the garden to balance it out. I didn’t want to loose too much grass as I do have one child, with another on the way. So I’ve started off with some star jasmine, an evergreen clematis and a couple of climbing hydrangeas. The garden will still feel unbalanced with the high trees and shrubs on the other side but im hoping the fact that it’s not a bear fence will make a big difference.
Thanks again